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Stolen Passports on Malaysia Airlines Flight Raise Security Concerns

The two stolen passports used to illegally board MH370 had previously been reported to Interpol in 2012 and 2013. WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks with the Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, Jessica M. Vaughan, on ways to improve identity verification.

The use of stolen passports by two passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 raised concerns over possible weaknesses in immigration and aviation security.

Law-enforcement officials said the stolen passports would have been detected during immigration checks if they had been screened against an international police database—raising questions about the rigor of preflight security checks in Malaysia and elsewhere.